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Person who supplies food for feline with hesitation a couple of times (7)

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I believe the answer is:

caterer

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'person who supplies food' is the definition.
'caterer' can be an answer for 'person' (caterer is a kind of person). I am not sure about the rest of the definition.

'feline with hesitation a couple of times' is the wordplay.
'feline' becomes 'cat' (cat is a kind of feline).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'a couple of times' becomes 'er' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cat'+'er'+'er'='CATERER'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for caterer that I've seen before include "Food and drink supplier" , "Purveyor" , "Person who supplies food for social events" , "Provider of food and drinks" , "Someone who provides food and service" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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